13 Hell Arc Captains RANKED WEAKEST TO STRONGEST | BLEACH Ranking
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- 13 New Era Gotei 13 BLEACH captains ranked from weakest to strongest. In this video I rank and explain all of the BLEACH captains from the end of BLEACH, how they appear during the Hell arc, or at the epilogue of the BLEACH manga.
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I like the fact that Shunsui may not be as powerful as Yama, but the one thing he has that Yama lost is the ruthlessness that Yhwach talks about.
That love in Yama's heart is why they won the war. The ruthless young murderous Yama probably would've killed Ichigo for being Hollow and Quincy early in the story.
@@jevonsims900 Yeah, it's also the soft caring nature of the gotei compared to the original made them fight harder and work better together than other groups. TYBW Gotei > OG
It’s Yamamotos falling back into his old ways that led to his death
Good points, though i cant help but feel that if he stayed ruthless and killed Yhwach in the first war, there wouldnt be an invasion in the first place. Though it would lead to a whole heap of unknowable troubles possibly worse than a quincy invasion (ie hell overflow, world imbalances, no heir to SK.)
@@jevonsims900is that the reason?
had he been the ruthless person who he once was Yhwach was convinced he would’ve won or at least done way more dmg to the Quincy’s and that’s not something you just dismiss when the guy can see every probable future
and in the end Yama is killed while all the other special threats survive and greatly assisted in defeating Yhwach, love Yama but y’all are trying to give him too much credit, he lost the defining trait that made him so dangerous to Yhwach and that’s why he lost and died, Shunsui adopting that trait (albeit to a lesser degree) and utilizing it in combination with the actual remaining special threats is what won them the war
One thing I will say about Unohana, she quite literally only revealed her strength to Kempachi and only very few knew who she was, before that she was purely a healer. So Isane is actually a decent replacement because Unohana never used her strength in combat. Plus who in the entirety of the Gotei has anywhere near the healing capabilities of her. She is quite literally the best suited captain for squad 4 outside of Unohana. They are a healing division, nobody is asking them to fight wars
True, but we don't even know how good of a healer Isane is. We don't know what her zanpakuto does at all either, not even her Shikai.
The thing with Unohana is even though we didn't see her strength before, we knew she was insanely strong due to the data books (out of the captains, her stats are second only to Yamamoto's), and the other captains showed fear of her, even if it was done comedically. Then she proved it in the fight with Kenpachi, where we see not only how good of a fighter she is, but we also see exactly how good at healing she is, as she literally brings him to the brink of death, instantly heals him before he even has time to hit the floor, and then believes he's passing out for a moment. And she does that hundreds of times, over and over.
@@seraphimrosenhart173 what is more powerful, a pistol with no bullets or a rpg with no rockets, neither. We know Unohana is strong as all hell but she does not fight. Name one thing she has done combat wise for the current Gotei. Nothing, so we know she is strong but she might as well not have that power at all if she was never going to help the soul society when it came to combat. Also we know she is good enough of a healer to keep Kensei and Rose alive after what happened against mask, should be more than enough. But moral of the story, if Isane can’t fight that’s not much different than Unohana who refused to fight
Hanataro>>>>>
I just wish hanataro became Vice Captain, he would have been awesome.
You know what I'm talking about lol@@moditpran6036
I can’t accept iba as a captain he’s literally never shown anything at all feats wise to make him even low tier captain level. Isane at least showed a sliver of feats.
Agreed
Kubo doesn't give Iba any real fights instead he has had amazing moments of intelligence, honor, and emotional maturity.
I agree, he basically hasn't done a damn thing in the entirety of Bleach!!
While I can't accept it, i can at fully believe it since he was formally from Squad 11
True, Isane is much more impactful and show capability than Iba and Liza. I could not accept she place the lowest.
Mayuri is truly the MVP of the TYBW, the Batman of Soul Society
I feel he is the MVP of every arc, the man who supports the caption commander the most. when he is not overshadowed by Urahara.
He's the Batman AND the Joker of the Soul Society imo 😂
@@SaihoAGoGofacts 😂
The real mvp of tybw is none other than Shunsui. Kenpachi got his shikai and bankai bc of him. Aizen got released bc of him. Without him being captain, none of that would’ve happened and Yhwach would’ve lone killed everyone.
@@illyricus. He also defeated the sternritter lille barro
Gremmy's defeat foreshadowed Kenpachi's Bankai's weakness.
imagine he masters it before hell arc thooooo
Hmm. That's a head- scratcher. 🎉
@kenpachi2067
It's been 10 years so, prob
I imagine that there is a legitimate reason none of the vizard captains use their masks in combat anymore. If it was an individual choice based on overestimating their abilities or underestimating their opponents, then we could only expect one or two of them to make that mistake; but, for all of them to follow the same pattern seems like too much of a coincidence. It's likely some kind of restriction was placed on them upon returning to the gotei 13, or there was some foreseen issue that came from using their hollow powers further.
I believe in suplimtal material it was said they're banned from using them
To be fair sinji and kenshi didn’t really get the chance to use their masks, they went from easily winning to getting beaten so quickly that you could argue that they didn’t really have time to use the mask before they were defeated
@bashamd96 they don't use it out of respect for Yamamoto. Stupid excuse in my opinion because if you can free aizen than I feel like 3 captains using their masks won't hurt anyone
I can guarantee you it's the central 46 like what aizen sad, damn that central 46 😂
Regular Vizards can't use mask and bankai at the same time like Ichigo and they preferred to use their bankai appareantly
Mayuri, Kenpachi, Shunsui, Byakuya and Toshiro are a pretty solid team of heavy-hitters for this era of the Gotei. Still, it will be interesting to see what the new members will bring to the table in the Hell arc!
the vaizards dont fall back to much they are hybrids and experienced captains
@@Scorpy666squad zero isnt impressive at all😂
@@Scorpy666 Old Man Yama could solo the entire current roster so pretty much any lineup without him is going to be weaker then any lineup with him.
@@Scorpy666 Ehh? When Yama fought Ikomikidomoe he didn't have a Zanpakuto let alone Bankai. So at best that scaling says that Yama at his absolute weakest in base isn't as strong as current Kenpachi in Shikai. I mean....ok? Makes sense. Doesn't mean much when it comes to both fighting at full power.
@@Scorpy666ichibe>zaraki
zaraki>rest of sqd 0
Kubo really didn’t give the visards enough spotlight in the tybw. Hopefully in cour 3 and 4 he gives them the respect they deserve 🙏
We can only hope at this point! Hopefully Ukitake gets time to shine too, he needs redemption more than anyone
I don't get this notion people always seem to have with Bleach characters specifically, they had their moments in their arc and that is enough, truly.
You have to consider the fact that these are beings that live thousands of years, you will never see them at their best because they will keep growing, we only get to see them the way we do because a human boy got intangled in their schemes.
And not every character needs to win or shine, that's realistic in a war.
We've already seen what they can do with hollowfication for the most part, we've seen their individual shikai and most of their bankai, we've gotten to know their characters, flaws and all... What else do we need? Honestly.
It's the same with people wanting the Fullbringers to do something when it's not even their war to begin with, and again we've seen pretty much everything they can do and who they are.
I don't come across this in other anime communities as much as bleach. Let's be reasonable.
Not even Ichigo, the main character, understand much about his own allies which makes sense because they are ancient, and we're following his story.
It's why things like Aizen's backstory don't matter and it still works.
Yes it would be cool if Yumichika pulled up on Yhwach with some broken Bankai and managed to permanently scar him or something, but it isn't necessarily.
The things people want almost feels like fanfiction.
@@darkknight6219 I don't think he will get to shine in cour 3 or 4. But in hell arc he is likely to get something big.
@@huntertezz Provided we even get the Hell arc
@@revenantronin8377 What moment did Ukitake have? You know damn well that when it comes to the Visoreds they weren't utilized to thier fullest potential, they did Shinji dirty and you know this!! Also why is Yumichika in this? Would wants to see him pull up Yhwach? Seems to me you're the making up fan fiction
Honestly, Soi Fon really deserved more development, just like Byakuya, Toshiro, Shunsui and Zaraki. Her Bankai is just incompatible with her fighting style. If only she got a new bankai...
Or maybe she needs to evolve her bankai, like Hitsugaya
@@jurtra9090he didn’t evolve his Bankai, he held it back
I find it more interesting for the character that she is supposed to be a stealth combat specialist but her bankai is the total opposite of that.
I think that it suits her hotheaded personality. I think her bankai would change if she herself changes.
@@RampantBasiliskthis comment. Literally the whole point of her bankai.
Even if the Hell arc gotei are weak, they still have a lot of strong allies from outside, Urahara squad, the other Vizards, Isshin and if the situation gets really catastrophic then maybe even the Arrancars, Fullbringers and surviving Quincies could join them. And besides all that there are multiple lieutenants that have achieved Bankai as well.
We don't know if any of the previous iterations of gotei had such vast assets available in the past
They only need deus ex machina ichigo the goat
or ichigo if it gets really unmanageable
I was wondering how low you were going to place my fav character Shunsui , but in the end im so happy 😊
Kubo better pulls all punches on Iba if he wants us to believe he’s a worthy captain in the Hell Arc
He has no feats so he can literally do anything he wants with the character. Same as isane
I have byakuya at 3, below shunsui and kenpachi
Seems fine to me though I put Hitsu in 5 if he still needs to charge his adult form....Mayuri in 4th, Byakuka in 3rd and the rest of the list is fine.
why byakuya over them both?
Agree with u
@@shahsaad3357mayuri ain’t stronger than byakuya he’s just more versatile because he always comes prepared people seem to forget that
Yea, if Hitsu still needs to wait then being below Mayuri is fine but if not then he is easily 2nd
@shahsaad3357 hes by far the best all around captain, and he beats kanpachi 1v1
My thoughts and opinion on why the vizards do not use their masks anymore, is due to them being shinigami. So instead of relying on the abilities of a hollow, they use the abilities of a soul reaper.
They’ve always been shinigami tho. So if what you’re saying is true they would have never used them at all
or maybe they cant combine bankai with the hollow mask. Only ichigo did that
They can't combine hollow and bankai powers that are special to only ichigo.
@theunknown7441 Correct. So instead of using the hollow mask, they use zanpaktou
The only reason I could think of for them not using their Hollow Masks it maybe cause it burns rapidly through their Spiritual Pressure so combing it with their Bankai likely causes them to burn through their Spiritual Pressure twice as fast.
Sounds like a good try, but when the Vizards were introduced, we were told that the masks have time limits (which seems to vary between them), but that is all. They never indicate that masks consume spirit or anything else--this, and the lack of a reason given for the Vizards no longer using their masks seems to just be some oversight by the author.
I would imagine it being forbidden by the new Central 46. That makes the most sense. Although Mashiro is seen using it in Hisagi’s training, but she isn’t a captain. There have been some Bankai’s that were forbidden as well.
when you watched kuroko no basket then it's like when kise entered zone while using his perfect copy, his body exhausted really fast.
I remember seeing a video done by Mr. Tomo a while back and I think he made a great point about the end of series Gotei 13 being a very top heavy organization compared to other iterations. Looking at them I am inclined to agree as in terms of raw stats (i.e. strength, speed, reiatsu, etc.), this iteration is dominated by four captains namely Byakuya, Toshiro, Kenpachi, and Shunsui. If you expand the analysis to all round abilities you would have to add Mayuri because even though he is probably one of the least impressive captains in terms of stats, he more than makes up for it with his genius intellect, his ability to adapt and counter his opponents, and tactical brilliance.
Outside of that top 1/3 and some change we have three captains who it is fair to wonder if they are even powerful enough to be captains in Isane, Iba, and Lisa. And then you have another 5 who while clearly powerful and capable enough to be captains, at this point I feel we can safely say they would not have a prayer of taking on one of the top five in a one on one fight.
The loss of Yamamoto was ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because on the one hand it deprived the Gotei 13 of their strongest Captain by far, keep in mind this is the guy who was so insanely powerful that even Aizen and Ywach did not want to take him head on without having a counter-measure in place. But on the other hand, it cleared the way for Shunsui who was objectively a far superior leader and as TYBW demonstrated quite well that is far more important than individual power and prowess.
If we get a Hell arc and assuming everyone lives among the current captains, I think the two with the most potential to shake up any rankings are Toshiro and Kenpachi. Toshiro because it has been hinted he has the potential to one day match or possibly even surpass Yamamoto and Aizen given his youth, his already ridiculous power, and his parallels with Yamamoto and his very likely parallels with Aizen. As for Kenpachi, it was made clear in the battle against Gerard that he was not able to fully access his Bankai's power because his body could not handle the strain.
Kenpachi with a mastered bankai might end up genuinely unbeatable in a straight up fight, like straight up impossible to clash blades with him and not be cut to ribbons no matter how strong you are.
He’s already like that for a huge amount of the verse, mastering the power his bankai provides(likely much much more than he was able to access his first use) and being able to think critically would mean the only real shot anyone has against him would be through hella prep time, a direct counter and an ambush. He’d be like Gojo in the sense that certain hax can beat him(All mighty, Ichibe name powers) but unless you’re one of the few with them you’d need to prep out a way to seal him without him being able to go all out.
I pray for whoever has to box that mf idc if they from hell or Cthulhu’s bathtub
@@ianharrison5758 Unless you have some hax abilities like Shunsui or most of the Sternritter. Your best bet might be to simply drag out the fight once he unleashes his Bankai. My thought is that Kenpachi likely will always have a limit on how long he can keep his Bankai active due to the sheer strain it puts on his body with the more he taps into it, the shorter that time will be. Of course there is a big question of "if" a given character could survive that long.
In terms of raw stats, I am inclined to say Kenpachi is probably the strongest Captain by the end of the series and it is why he is one of the two that I feel have the most potential to shake up anyone's rankings if we get a Hell Arc.
Toshiro's hax to nullify an ability is insane man like DBZ said what if he can negate a zanpaktou and its ability by freezing it what if Toshiro were to fight Zaraki could he freeze Nozarashi and nullify it's ability to cut anything? Might be a stretch, but the possibility is there. And if that's true, then Kubo will have to find a way to nerf him bcs that's just too broken of an ability lol
@@xtalia_z6691 he cut space and is said to be able to cut anything, what if he can cut abilities too lmfao and just destroy toshiro's ability, though seriously, what makes zaraki strong is not really his zanpakuto or its ability it is also that he is physically the most powerful shinigami in terms of raw strength and innate power, sure his zanpakuto abilities add to it but he himself is just so powerful, same thing with aizen.
@@xtalia_z6691 It is definitely a possibility that if we get the Hell Arc that Toshiro could emerge as the strongest captain of the Gotei 13 even if Byakuya, Shunsui, and Kenpachi make it through as strong as ever. Given the parallels he has to Yamamoto and the likely parallels to Aizen, there is no question in my view that he has the most potential of the 13 captains.
The real questions in my view are (1) will Kubo allow him to achieve this potential and (2) will it actually mean anything? Kubo was very bipolar in his writing for a lot of the characters and Toshiro was definitely one of them in my opinion. It often reminded me of how Kishimoto wrote Sakura in Naruto though it never got quite that bad hence why I call it "the Sakura effect" and not "the Hitsugaya effect", "the Komomura effect", or "the Shinji effect".
R.I.P Retsu Yachiru Unohana
I am so glad to see Kyoraku rise to status he desserves, I felt he is the strongest captain besides Yammamoto, he was my favourite since Soul Socaity arc
Ikr, he definitely deserves to be CC. And he’s always been one of my favorites along with Urahara and Ichigo but TYBW bumped him up even higher for me.
Nah kani is way stronger
It is said so many god dam times
😂
I would say kenni is prolly stronger :)
Ukitake is said to be equal to Shunsui sadly we never saw it
Preety solid rankings. I will personally place Toushiro at 3, Byakuya at 4 and Mayuri at 5. My reasoning behind that is Mayuri's true power lies in his prep time much like Batman, but if a battle starts and he has no time to prepare he will not perform nearly as well as if he has time to prepare beforehand, unlike the other 2. As for the reasoning behind Toushiro being 3 is for the the points you have already said and the fact (more like a hint) from the current Captain Commander is that not now but in around 100 years Toushiro will probably surpass him. i doubt the manga will go that further in, but Hitsugaya is like the opposite of Yamamoto, strongest fire zanpakuto> strongest Ice Zanpakuto. Not to mention Toushiro has said multiple times that he can't control his power very good and is always holding back because it may harm everyone around him, simillar to how Yamamoto was harming everthing when he released his bankai.
I honestly do not think Kubo does things without reason. He would not have added these new captains without reason. I know he intends to give them big moments in the arc to showcase their abilities. I mean most the other captains we have seen over and over again. Its a good way to inject mystery and anticipation in to the expectedly epic battles to come. I give him the benefit of the doubt
Yeah he never showed they're abilities so they can have very good hax as far as we know. Yama lietnaunt for example is carried by bankai
Mayuri is the Bleach's Batman, given enough prep time, he can defeat anyone
I have trouble putting Hitsugaya and his unmastered Adult form over Byakuya's power boost from the Royal Guard. Add to that, Byakuya was far more experienced and a balanced fighter overall. Theoretically, Adult Toshiro is broken, but Byakuya post Royal Guard True Bankai wouldn't be? I'd have to slide Toshiro below Byakuya right now.
Mayuri being 3...I mean, I get it because of his scientific strategies. But we all know by the standards of raw power, he's not even top 7? But I'm fine with him being 3.
Many people will disagree with Kyoraku being number 1...But I slide him into the Mayuri category. We know Kenpachi is the strongest BY FAR. But Kyoraku still has the combat experience, the ruthlessness, and a potential bankai that can enact more than one play. When people talk about Act 3 and how many people will defeat him, Kyoraku entered Act 3 while already quite exhausted, which decreases his reiatsu. Think of how True Shikai Ichigo was seemingly caught off guard by the release of Kyoraku's bankai and again, this is after Shunsui has taken significant damage from Lille. I don't think wound sharing in Act 1 acts as an instant heal. AND HE SURVIVED Lille after HOW MANY BOOSTS LILLE GOT? Shunsui should at least be named "most durable" or something because boy can he take some damage and STILL survive. Shunsui takes hits as good as your favorite joke character. That being said, he was robbed by Kubo in Theater Suicide and here's hoping that is cleaned up in Cour 3.
The reason for that is because byakuya relied on adult hitsugaya. He was simply standing there against gerard menawhile they only stand a chance when hitsugaya showed his true form.
Kenpachi is the strongest but not by far.
All of byakuya’s feat is literally thx to toshiro 😭😭🙏
Rukias zanpaktou isn't ice, it's specifically pure cold. They make that pretty clear. Also, ranking Toshiro higher than byakuya? No.
All of byakuya’s feat is literally thx to toshiro 😭😭🙏
You actually might be the only one I agree with when it comes to ranking of Gotei 13 Captains. Great video!
I'd probably put Byakuya over Toshiro tbh since he's an all rounder and Toshiro for the most part uses his zanpaktou, while Byakuya has efficiency in kido and a master in shunpo. Toshiro might be efficient in kido as well but we never really see him use any kido spells iirc.
Same
I think he placed toshiro higher because kido means nothing to toshiro if he’s just gonna freeze the spell anyway lol
Fair enough, but still, in terms of overall combat versatility Byakuya is better than Toshiro imo.
@@16wall.supreme5toshiro packs up byakuya with his adult form but bankai vs bankai byakuya folds toshiro before his petals run out toshiro was getting folded by burner finger 2 bazz b
That is like putting a vizard above kenpachi because versatility he does not need it so is hitsugaya dude just flash freeze no amount of kido or shunpu would be enought
Byakuya's Bankai was able to block the strongest version of Gerard while talking to Renji and Rukia. BASE Byakuya was blocking attacks from volstandig Robert and volstandig Candice. Gerard cannot be stopped by Ice. Byakuya didn't use Senkei earlier because he knew that injuring Gerard would only make him bigger so he and Toshiro came up with a plan. Both Byakuya and Toshiro assisted each other. Toshiro's Bankai lacks killing power that's why he needed Byakuya's attack to finish him off and Byakuya needed someone to distract Gerard to use Senkei. To be fair, they both needed each other to fight Gerard, it's a fact.
And toshiro has to wait for his petals to wither away to get to his adult form and his adult form is the only thing putting him in the top tier convo. I think byakuya just folds him before his petals wither away because toshiro couldn’t even box a burner finger 2 bazz b
Byakuya blocking the final form of geratd is inconsistent and comes from a time where kubo clearly wanted to get rid of gerard. When byakuya tried the 2 way move with kid hitsugaya, base gerard easily swatted away senbonbonzakura kageyoshi, showing the inconsistency.
Them needing each other doenst mean they're equal. Zaraki needed them too doesn't mean all 3 r equal.
Byakuya attacked a weakened, immobile, abd an off guard gerard in a 3v1. It's not comparable to toshiro holding gerard back on his own foe a bit of time.
Adult toshiro would o e shot Candace and robert at the same time.
@@Blackmustache870 Nope Gerard was not weakened, Gerard was immune to ice until the Quincy cross in his head was destroyed. He Broke out of Adult Toshiro's ice multiple times. Adult Toshiro was only able to fully freeze and shatter Gerard's lower half after Byakuya destroyed his head.
@@Blackmustache870 I forgot to add one more thing, In chapter 680, Byakuya and Adult Toshiro were shown fighting Gerard's strongest form together until Gerard was killed by the Auswahlen. Yeah, so my point still stands. Bykakuya and Adult Toshiro are relative to each other.
@@viskj they fought offscreen. That clearly shows kubo wanted to get rid of gerard. Do u know how easy it is to just not draw a character for a few chapters and then show them holding their own later? He was weakened. U can see clear damage on him from toshiros ice. Also, gerard wasn't immune. He was just strong enough to break out.
No, it wasn't just gerards bottom. At the end of bleach ch 671, we can see ice covering gerards top as well. And in 672, we see gerards top being covered in ice connecting to the head that was just taken off.
I almost feel like Kubo treats power ups like pokemon treated Mega Evolution, z, moves etc. Cool gimmic for that gen/arc. Then is forgotten about in the next one. That is why we never see the vizards use their hollow power in the fullbringer/tybw.
facts best ranking ever
Bro i couldn't agree more. Best ranking possible 🙌
Shunsui is definitely a perfect choice to lead Gotei 13 both in the aftermath of the war and essentially a new era due to the sheer amount of changes he has initiated with reformers in Central 46. He's a pragmatist who knows what needs to be done in battle to save his faction and it's members. Meanwhile out of battle he has realized that the old Gotei 13 is no longer viable and thus he has changed Soul Society's social political state for the first time with his sweeping agenda and cooperative efforts have helped many.
I really hope... like Kubo to touch on the changes that Shunsui has instigated to SS.
7:00 I'm not 100% on this bit for Iba's characterization here. Yes, Iba was initially a part of squad 11 and steeped in their traditions and school of thought, but unlike Ikkaku, Iba recognized that staying in squad 11 had no advancement potential, so he left for squad 7, where he presumably would have rounded out his talents in kido and other abilities in order to earn his position as lieutenant. What little we know of Iba's character is that he is ambitious, he takes his job seriously, and he puts in a lot of hard work to reach his goals. The only thing with Iba is that all we get is the implication that he has put in the hours, as everything about him is shown offscreen.
Can't wait for hell arc 🔥
Byakuya is stronger than Tosh and Mayuri, Mayuri is not even strong by himself, what makes him dangerous is his prep time to fight his enemies
Ok? And now that prep time is not needed pre battle, he can literally prep his bankai to counter his opponent DURING battle, idk why people glaze byakoya so much he’s so ass, mayuri mobs him
Glad you touched upon byakuya's "feats" that involve him being either heavily assisted by another person, or him fighting someone who is NOT at their full power. I've seen some people rank him stronger than bankai kenpachi 🫠
He 1v3ed vollstandig sternritters in base form then 1 tapped them with a shikai. He killed Gerard twice and fought his resurrected final form while simultaneously having a chit chat with Rukia and Renji. He's clearly stronger than Toshiro and Mayrui and he can be stronger than Kenpachi too, he didn't even use Shukei hakuteiken which is his strongest attack
Byakuya's heavily underrated. I wouldn't say he is strong as bankai kenpachi but stopping Gerard's attack is pretty impressive. Considering Gerard in a weaker form overpowered shikai Zaraki.
@@Prinxce3_Fought a weakened candice who was nowhere at full power. She just got done fighting ichigo and ran out of juice, which we see ourselves. Robert was mentally nerfed, and we have loads of examples of how your mental state can extremely buff or nerf you. Nanana is fodder. Byakuya also had to go banaki to deal with sklaverei boosted Robert.
He killed Gerard twice WITH HELP, which was part of my point and even DBZimran's. We know almost the entire goeti fought base Gerard before he went into his god size. Renji confirms it himself when he criticizes gerard when asking him how many captains and vice-captains does he think he can take on. Also byakuya took Gerard's head off with the help of toshiro freezing him. Lastly Gerard's "final form" has been argued to be severely weakened also. His body was still composed of light and hasn't yet solidified, and toshiro literally had bro on his legs with them frozen. He couldn't move and was only swinging his hands around
Clearly stronger than kid toshiro? I would agree. But clearly stronger than mayuri or especially even kenpachi is a huge no
@@Prinxce3_This is just my observation btw. Not saying my opinion is the sole right one. I respect your opinion
@@Prinxce3_ kenpachi killed 3 in the first invasion while byakuya got bodied, also with just his sword no extra powers or anything. also didnt toshiro do all the work for him to "kill" gerard the 2nd time and i mean zaraki defeated a very powerful version of gerard on his own not to mention tossing him around like a rag doll.
The thing is living legends like Isshin, Urahara and Yuroichi are no longer part of Gotei 13
You made good arguments for toshiro and scaling to bankai kenpachi damaged gerard + volstandig so you could scale true bankai to or above kenpachi but his useability of it requires time and maturity which i understand why you placed him there.
Toshiro would be 1 or 2 if he masters it, not quite sure how you scaled shunsui above bankai kenpachi or even shikai kenpachi.... when it's directly stated shunsui is equivocal to byakuya in CFYOW. It's even stated only ichigo, kenpachi and aizen can beat hikone/ikomikidomoe, not shunsui. So it's clear as day whos the strongest. So quite a huge error on your part there. And if you placed shunsui above byakuya then by that statement toshiro is above shunsui because he's relative to byakuya. I don't think bankai toshiro can beat bankai shunsui, i absolutely know true bankai would slap bankai shunsui though but getting there is the problem.
I'd place, (who'd win in a fight)
1) Kenpachi
2) Shunsui/Toshiro
3) Toshiro/mayuri
4) Mayuri
although it's debatable between mayuri and toshiro, obviously toshiro is the better fighter, faster, stronger, better abilities but mayuri dominates in hax and intelligence. Ofcourse mayuri gets destroyed by true bankai toshiro no question since he can negate anything so long as they're weaker than him or even stronger like with gerard but it's effects dont last long since gerard still negated his ability. True bankai toshiro also destroys shunsui with ease.
Strongest, (max power level shown)
1) Kenpachi/Toshiro
2) Toshiro
3) Shunsui
4) Byakuya
I don’t think toshiro is ever gonna be close kenpachi since Kenny is already in talks with ichigo and aizen who are mix with other thing. Yamma n kenpachi are probably the strongest pure soul reaper ppl have ever seen. I’m really interested in mayuri tho he’s always evolving and underrated fighter.
@@TheHavok-7 yama? Yama got surpassed ages ago. Yama scales to base yhwach minimum, we know royd is 70% power of base yhwach and Yama somewhat struggled which implies relative. Base yhwach gets destroyed by shikai ichibei.
Shikai Ichibei > bankai Yama ≈ base yhwach (cour 1)
Shikai Ichigo + hollow horn damaged SK and mimihagi amped yhwach (no almighty) which gave yhwach universal amps in power putting him far above Ichibei.
Bankai Ginjo in CFYOW was stated to fire a getsuga that rivalled ichigos one he used on yhwach in bankai in TYBW. Which means ginjo can reach that level once atleast. Ginjo was stated to only put up a good fight against hikone at almost max power.
So just true shikai ichigo scales above bankai yama with ease. And thus so does aizen, kenpachi and therefore Toshiro due to gerard scaling.
I know it’s hard to say anyone is above Yama but let’s phrase it this way because people think Yama is automatically the strongest,
Do you think bankai Yama could touch SK + mimihagi amped yhwach? After not even one shotting a 70% power yhwach. Yhwach went from scaling to Yama being planetary to being Universal, Yamamoto isn’t even touching him and yhwach said ichigos energy was exceptional and he had no room for error.
While true, that didn’t apply to true bankai Toshiro since it’s a last ditch effort and CFYOW is only 6 months after so I don’t think Toshiro can use it easily. Also it was stated that kenpachi, ichigo and aizen could beat hikone max power and kenpachi only used his shikai after hikone transformed so it’s implied that his shikai is enough and shunsui wasn’t even comparable so we know shunsui is below shikai kenpachi in CFYOW!. Toshiro true bankai scales above shikai kenpachi easily due to gerard feats such as, shikai kenpachi getting fodderised by gerard such that only bankai kenpachi could do anything. He destroyed gerard, which kept amping gerard to bankai kenpachi and then kenpachi was put down by his own power and gerard further amped w volstandig, Toshiro then negs gerard by cutting hoffnung in half and negating its abilities which shikai kenpachi could only chip.
So we know true bankai Toshiro > Shikai Kenpachi and we can say,
True bankai Toshiro ≈ bankai Kenpachi (TYBW)
Mayuri isn’t really a “fighter”. He had to use sensors against Toshiro in close combat. We also saw zombie bankai Toshiro one shot him in shikai many times, ofcourse mayuri outsmarted Toshiro but zombies are weaker and slower and giselle is controlling him.
So I would argue Bankai Toshiro > bankai mayuri TYBW if he kept his distance and played it tactically. Like spamming attacks from range. Mayuri doesn’t really have any defence either and his bankai isn’t really anything to talk about because Toshiro can just neg it using ice.
@MrDeclareWar it wasn't stated shinsui and byakuya were equal. It said they had almost equal reastsu since they're both part of the four great families. And that doesn't mean equal hax. Everyone knows shinsui would body byakuya. Shinsui's bankai is basically hax. He beat a vollstanding lille who will body half of the former gotei 13
@@oreajay3882 actually I was being generous,
In CFYOW,
it was noted that Tokinada's spiritual pressure was on par with Byakuya and Yoruichi. And that the only ones in the Valley of Screams battle that had higher spiritual pressure were Kenpachi, Hikone, Aura, and Ginjo. Meaning Shunsui, who was there, does not have higher spiritual pressure than Byakuya.
He didn’t beat volstandig Lille. Byakuya is stronger than more than half of the former gotei.
@@MrDeclareWar it was also stated that the captain with comparable spiritual pressure was byakuya. They mentioned the four great houses and shinsui falls under one. Your original statement said stronger which was wrong. He just has equal or a little more reatsu. Shinsui's ability is hax and his mind. He's one of the most strategic fighters in bleach. And he did beat vollstanding. His immortality is the biggest asspull in that fight. He go his head exploded and then that was it. There is no way byakuya survives against shinsui who aizen himself respects
Btw shinsui is stronger than all the other gotei 13 bar Yamamoto until we actually see feats. There's a reason the strongest characters usually have crazy hax. His bankai with four stages, same as Yama. Says a lot
I do think if the story continues you might see the vizard captains gain power, mostly because I think the new commander would tell them "use whatever power you have to win"
I love analysing videos they make actual sense you deserve more views
I get that Kubo wanted to keep Byakuya and Renji together because their characters play off each other well but come on, Renji more than deserved a captain seat after everything he’s done
1. Shunsui
2. Kenpachi
3. Toshiro
4. Mayuri
5.byakuya
6.shinji
7.rukia
8. Soi fon
9. Rose
10.kensei
11.lisa
12.isane
13.iba
Is the best ranking of the current captains i fully believe
Who's Lisa? 😮
@@Leopez02 Lisa Yadōmaru the second weakest visord and the captain of the eighth division. The one who dresses up like a schoolgirl
I like your ranking. Still I have Soi Fon over Rukia because she has more experience and skills. And Isane might be higher than Lisa. Unohana was her Captain. I bet she has some hidden talents(and I mean skills)😇😇
@@fletchlad82D oh Lisa the Vizard, sorry didin't remember it
@@babytoshiro7014 Soi Fon may have more options for abilities and a "one shot" however she is more immature then toshiro Is . Rukia has an overpowered ability that goes beyond absolute zero. And insane over Lisa? I don't agree, Lisa has gone up again visord ichigo who was more stronger then ss bankai byakuya.
Did you watch the video about where he ranks them or did you come straight to my comment? Our lists were very similar and we both have the same reasons why we place them where they are
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Did this guy really put Rukia above Soifon and Shinji?.. And placed Kensei and Rose above anyone else than Iba with Isane?..
I get it, he's biased against certain characters but I didn't think he could glaze anyone more than he does Urahara.
Yes rukia absolute zero would destroy soifon especially if it's mastered like he said. Iba and isane have 0 feats and showing of powers so I don't know how you could put them above?
The only argument you can make is for Kensei to be below soi fon but he still had hollow mask so with that he should be stronger
Shinji simply lost a game of rock paper scissors. His shikai would give him a win over most opponents if the plot didn't get in the way.
Always been a fan of Shunsui ever since we first saw Chad step into his territory in SS arc.
I think Kenpachi is stronger than Shunsui. I think Kenpachi can survive Shunsui's bankai.
Exactly,I feel like he missed a little bit with this list
Cfyow shunsui literally said kenpachi is way stronger than him, even Ichibe stated so.
Consider toshiro still has to wait for his petals to shatter, byakuya folds him. And I'd put both byakuya and toshiro above mayuri who's overrated. We've seen how easily he lost to ishida. when you're up against someone too powerful your prep time is meaningless.
Toshiro had to wait in tybw. Consider that he'll arc is 10 years after tybw and that toshiro is a prodigy, u can easily get toshiro to being num 2. Also, of ur just comparing peaks, toshiro is already stronger than byakuya in tybw.
Mayuri had no info on uryus extra quincy abilities. He didn't like because uryu was too strong. He lost because uryu showed an ability he wasn't aware of. In cfyow, it's stated mayuri might beat hikone with prep time.
That's the thing about Mayuri, with prep, and his sharp intellect, he could almost beat anyone in the Bleach verse, but in terms of strength and raw power, he'd barely crack the top ten of this list.
Call Ishinn, Urahara, Tessai & Yoruichi home... Instant boost of power ...
I cannot agree with this and i usually love your vids. But, Soifon is stronger than Rose and Kensei, Fully master Shunko is just to strong for them just like Mask was. Shinji is over Rukia. Even after 10 years skip, i do not see Rukia mastering her bankai enough to make up for the experience advantage Shinji has. Maybe after 50 years. Mayuri 5 and byakuya 3 .Bykuya has speed, power, and cunning i cannot see him bested by Mayuri or Toshiro at least for now. As for number 1 i am sorry but Kenpachi is just stronger. He survived the void of space, he can survive Shunsui bankai as well. Remember, Kid Kenpachi! Kid!!! bested prime Unohana and i see Shunsui as comparable in strength with her, altough probably stronger. Nevertheless, Kenpachi right now is a beast.
Soi fon disrespect is crazy.
Soi fon > kensei and rose.
Imagine putting Kensei above Soifon, despite her being able to do everything his bankai does - without even going Bankai!
From the OG Thirteen Court Guards that fought Yhwach to the Hell Arc Thirteen Court Guards. When the Hell Arc drops, we need to see some of them in action like Isane, Tetsuzaimon and Lisa in action has captains of their respective squads.
Maryui is definitely weaker than byakuya by a lot reason The reason I say this is because in can't fear your own world. They say that byakuya woukd be the next in line to be captain if shunsui falls.
Not only that, what makes mayuri dangerous is his prep time, his abilities with zanpakuto or zanjutsu for me are below any other captain
Byakuya being next in line just means he's more fitting for the role, not the strongest. Toshiros too inexperienced and zarakis just dumb. Mayuri is literally insane
I think the best way to describe this current gen is- Super high highs. But also pretty low lows that generally hold back those overall highs.
Your videos butter My biscuits thank you
Toshiro over Rukia and byakuya I am not buying it.
He has literally zero wins. Got defeated almost all fights.
He wouldn't win against both Rukia or Byakuya after 10 years.
Only good feats he has is freezing Gerrard and it did nothing to Gerrard.
He doesn't use kaido at all.
Also one of the most ridiculous credit mayuri gets is massacring rukingai. I mean surely Quincy killed hollows but they are also killing top shinigamis. So it evens the balance it self. Also it's Ichibe's job to keep balance it doesn't concern mayuri or Yamamoto.
That action was just stupid.
Considering he has the strongest ice base zanpakuto in full adult release he should be able to overpower rukias bankai and even shunsui when he was talking to stark and stark even asked who was the strongest captain shunsui mentioned given 10 or 100 more years toshiro would be the strongest Considering his age and having the ice version of Yamamoto's fire zanpakuto being the strong ice base and strongest fire based zanpakutos I would say toshiro is way up there he even impressed powered up byakuya
Wins don't determine strength solely. U fail to realize how impressive toshiro freezing gerard is despite his track record. A weaker base form gerard could easily swat away senbonzakura kageyoshi. Base gerard defeated shikai zaraki with medium difficulty. He then gets stronger due to miracle because zaraki was taking off his limbs and them he uses vollstanding. Toshiro EASILY stopped 2 of gerards attacks and held him back a little bit. That's way above byakuya and rukia.
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1. shinsui
2. zaraki
3. mayuri
4. toshiro
5. byakuya
6. soi fon
7. rukia
8. shinji
9. rose
10. kensei
11. isane
12. lisa
13. iba
my list...❤
Hitsu on Yama or Aizen's level is absurd....Kenpachi is strong but he is stat checker with no hax or versatility.
Hitsugaya is debatably stronger than Yama, not Aizen tho, and Kenpachi's hax come from his immense strenght, reiatsu, physical capabilities and his shikai/bankai that can cut anything
@@viktorkovacevic8058 Yama by using Bankai can passively destroy the world...Hitsu doesn't do that at all.
Any vizards can replace isane and iba.Because they are strong.
I put byakuya 2nd or 3rd
They reason the visards don’t use their mask with bankai is because they can’t. Only ichigo is ever shown being able to, his actually really first manifested in bankai. I assume the reason is the amount that bankai & hollowfication drain you. Most people cant really use their bankai back to back let alone bankai and the mask which is probably comparable if not worse to maintain. Ichigo was also born with his so his case is a little different.
I'm so sorry but I don't believe Rukia is stronger than Soi Fon.
Same I can't believe that Soi Fon is stronger
good ranking pretty similar to mine but tosh above mayuri and kenpachi above the head captain+i dont think tosh would be clashing with even captain aizen
Love your vids by the way ❤🙏
At least Isané released "Itégumo", and we got to see the shikai shape AND the name/release.
Conversely, despite there being SEVERAL points throughout the anime and 4 movies where Iba's shikai/bankai could meaningfully be released. He either doesn't, or it's released offscreen.
Kubo HAS to be keeping it a secret, for whatever reason. His initial attack on Ayon could've been his moment, not killing the beast, but maybe distracting it, while Yamamoto practices his "Kirioroshi" (pear-splitter) cut.
Byakuya is stronger than Mayrui and Toshiro tho, he didn't use his strongest attack in this arc which is shukei hakuteiken. And Byakuya still ran a 1v3 with the sternritters in their vollstandig while he himself was in base for a while easily. So it doesn't really matter if they where nerfed in some way becuz Byakuya is still on a different level
And he was wearing a special cloak that was protecting him from direct hit by U and L schrifts.
And Candice had been fighting for a while and went through multiple injuries long before entering a fight with him.
And he was easily pierced once Pepe managed to get a hit on him. So by your logic, Pepe is on a different level as well.
@@Prushinthespirit All that shii is irrelevant because Byakuya proved that he can run a 1v3 with vollstandig sternritters in base form with ease and 1 shot them lol
@Prinxce3_ byakuya 1v3 regular sternritters is the irrelevant feat because all of the base elite sternritters can pretty much solo at least 10 of the on their own due to aushwhalen. Byakuya did his final move on a weakened and immobile gerard with a sneak attack. In addition he had his senbonzakura kageyoshi swatted away by base gerard earlier on. Toshiro could easily stop attacks from vollstanding gerard whereas a miracle amped base gerard defeated shikai zaraki. Toshiro then held gerard back on his own for a bit.
Soifon deserves better, really. How come she lower than that Otoriwhatever vizard cap?
thats what im saying, i think shes better than rose and kensei but maybe we are wrong?
Oh I certainly see some flashbacks pertaining to the royal guards training some of these people
Is it even confirmed it the Hell Arc is gonna happen? I hear a lot of ppl holding out hope. But as of rn I don't think he's said he's gonna for sure make it happen. 😅
right?
He made new hell arc designs for many characters. No way he was gonna put that much effort if he had no plans to write the hell arc one day.
You can't ask Kubo questions about the Hell arc or he will just focus on other thing😇 I love how he tells fans to back off.
It's stated that the visors can't use the mask and banki at the same time just a FYI
They really should have just replaced Sajin with Love instead of Tetsuzaimon
Facts it still annoys me that Kubo didn't do that
Shunsui
Kenpachi
Byakuya
Mayuri
Soifon
Toshiro
Rukia
Shinji
Kensei
Rojuro
Lisa
Iba
Isane
There's no way you read CFYOW and have Zaraki n2. Kenpachi is n1 by far
Cant imagine ISANE,SHES TOO PURE TO BE A CAPTAIN AND SOFT HEARTED
I kinda feel this ranking (since we don’t see them fight in the hell arc chapter really) will be mostly carried over on how powerful they were at the end of the Quincy blood war arc. But will he eager to see your rankings!
I’m genuinely confused why people still scale shunsui above kenpachi
Same lol. Zaraki clearly stronger if not smarter
Zaraki smarter than Shunsui???? Lmao.
@tojutheraijin smart isn't everything in fight. One good cut, Shunsui dead
I agree with the vast majority of your list, but it doesn't fully represent the title "WEAKEST TO STRONGEST" because Zarakai is undoubtedly much stronger than even Shunsui. Strongest means simply put them in 1 cage and who gets out? Zarakai would.
Late, but Toshiro would likely get out given he could just.. Freeze them all.
Kenpachi using bankai for the first time almost killed Valkyrie and you gave him 10 years with that and still not the strongest 🤔
I like that you give Candice her props and that she was tired while fighting Byakuya, she really is top tier in my opinion
Also best girl in Bambies
True candice is indeed strong and robert as well. I wanted to see robert full potential
Here are a few things where I disagree:
1. Hitsugaya is not at same level as Zaraki, even at TYBW. Yes he did same against Gerard as Zaraki (with that logic you can scale him to Shunsui as well who did same against opponent who is on same level as Gerard and have immortality as well) but let's not forget that he has bankai for a long time (ofc not adult form) and Zaraki use hes bankai first time. And the other thing is reiatsu, they are not even close. So I don't see any reason for them to be close in Hell Arc, gap can only be higher in Zaraki favor.
2. There is no way that Hitsugaya is above Yamamoto (even at Hell Arc) when he stated that Yama bankai (and we see as well) negate hes bankai. Yamamoto can destroy SS Hitsugaya cant. And nice joke when you say he is maybe same level as Aizen.
3. I agree that Shensui is more resourceful and smarter than Yama, but power level go in Yama favor.
4. We can argue that Sensui is stronger than Zaraki at TYBW (i think can go either way, maybe more in Sensui favor, you can take same example with Lille/Gerard how they preform against them), but in Hell Arc it's simply not realistic to put them in same category. Because of novels and how things progress in Bleach it's clearly that Zaraki in Hell Arc is above Shensui.
I'm not saying you should put this character there, its your ranking, this is my thinking and just for conversation. Nice video i enjoyed it, and all best in new year to all Bleach fans!
Interesting that a 3rd possible Ice user will be in the Hell arc.
I noticed that too. Kubo could possibly be up to something👌
Yeah, let’s speculate about nothing for content… good stuff.
Or we could just wait and see the arc and then have legitimate talks… but nah, speculating is always good.
The Kampachi placement feels pretty unearned, because he’s definitely nowhere near that in the war, and even with statements about him being the strongest Shinigami that can’t literally mean in power, when ichigo is always referred to has a Shinigami The only argument I could see is with the kid
Soi Fon is above Rose and Kensei. BG9 was a bad matchup for her Shikai and Shunko.
In Isane's case, I think it's not about who is the strongest but rather who is most suitable for the role. After all, the 4th Division is the medical team and putting someone who is strong but cannot perform healing tasks just doesn't make sense.
no way soi fon lose to kensei or hitsugaya, even byakuya is sketchy
in reality she would probably kill zaraki as well, but if kubo wrote the fight he would microflex his muscles at the last moment, denying the two hit kill.
soi fon is never propped up in the manga, because the only opponents she fights are immune to her shikai, or almost as fast as her (yoruichi)
from a logical standpoint she can blitz the majority of the 13 captains
I’m a massive Soi Fon fan, but she can’t kill Zakari. His rieastu is absolutely insane now that he overcame his mental blockages and could easily overwhelm her shikai with the massive difference. While her shikai can work on characters with higher reiastu as long as the difference isn’t too large, Zakari is certainly a captain with the required differences. Her shikai would work on Shunsui though as apparently Yoruichi is said to be on par with him.
Her speed is seriously underrated as at base she was able to grab all of BG9’s fired bullets out the air and break his gun in half in an instant, while she was in base form. With her Shunko boost, she get faster, stronger, and tougher. While I can see her pushing and having a good chance of beating child Toshiro, she loses at adult because of pure hax. Byakuya would be a good fight that probably ends with his bankai since he got a squad zero upgrade to his zanpaktou. I don’t see her winning unfortunately as his shikai is basically his former bankai, but she will certainly take her pound of flesh.
Shinji’s shikai is her bane and I can’t see her winning if he actually goes in for the kill no matter how fast she is. Maybe if she blows up the area with her bankai, but honestly she will probably kill herself too. I see her as a solid mid tier captain that can at least put up a damn good fight against the any other captain.
@@doginababyseat5127 i left out shinji and rose intentionally because their powers hard counter her, she is fully a glass cannon.
on zaraki i can't see any evidence as to why he would survive her shikai, i'm not convinced aizen ever tanked it.
i also think her fighting style is favourable against most of the captains in bleach, she doesn't hesitate and ends fights quickly if she can, the exception being yoruichi which she had a grudge against.
@@NoobNota I wouldn’t call her a glass cannon. She tanked being thrown around Barragan when he was slowing time and you see her banged up after an unknown amount of time passed. Thought admittedly Barragan wasn’t actually trying much and probably holding back instead of full sending her. Still those are hits from the #2 Espada and primordial king. BG9 literally blew her up point blank with a large explosion. She can tank damage, but Kubo seems to want to rush her into needing bankai and makes her take nasty hits to quickly get there. Like how Kensei and Rose got one shot by Superstar so Renji can save the day.
And her fighting style is specifically designed for taking down humanoid targets. So I agree that close range and especially if she forces them into hand to hand she has the advantage. Only captain that can probably match her is Kensei as he is an Hakuda specialist. I would actually love to see them have a friendly spar…
@@doginababyseat5127 i expect her to be on the lower side of durability among the captains, but you are right she took a lot of punishment.
i just couldnt see her being able to outfight tosen in his bankai like kenpachi did, as an example
@@NoobNota Tosen’s bankai is very powerful. Kenpachi is just a monster 😂. Dude probably gets off on the pain. But Tosen isn’t no slouch and still a captain. He’s powerful and I don’t see many characters standing around and lasting that long getting repeatedly stabbed and sliced up by him.
the Hitsugaya glaze is insane. Also putting Soi Fon below the Vizard Captains is insane. But the Hitsugaya glaze is next level
Hitsugaya performed better than byakuya did vs gerard, but byakuya glazers will still try to defend byakuya being stronger than zaraki because theyre coping since he didnt have a good showing in tybw.
Maybe the reason why the Captain Visoreds do not use their Hollow powers because maybe is part of the agreement where they are not supposed to use their hollow powers? Thats is a random theory i thought of it
3 ice user captain before hell arc, damn kubo was setting this up
I think that toshiro is objectively stronger than Mayuri, but I also think Mayuri would win in a fight
that top 4 need to be switched around expeditiously Kenpachi is definitely the strongest captain followed by Hitsugaya then Shunsui, and how is Mayuri over Byakuya ???
Gin solos them 😂 ;: bye bye 🤫🧏
Solid list but toshiro always gets overrated in these list because people forget how weak he is before his adult form and that toshiro has to wait for his petals to wither before he can use his adult form.
When toshiro gets to the point where he can use his adult form whenever he wants he’s easily top 3 and might even be 1 but as of rn without his adult form he couldn’t keep up with a base burner finger 2 bazz b. I got rukia and byakuya over him because I think they pack him up before his petals wither
I believe it has nothing to do with sealing abilities rather a choice just as ekaku refuses to use bankai the visors choose not to use their masks because they would rather fight and die as Soul Reapers.
To be fair tho, Kubo isn't consistent with power levels throughout the series and sometimes making someone randomly weak when the shouldn't be or vice versa.
First time I've been this early. Lol
Yeah I can't see Iba been captain level. Also I think Shinji would be slightly stronger than TYBW Rukia
I feel like if you'd watched all of saint seiya like I have, you would know how the hell arc will go. Bleach is my number one manga/anime and I seen all of the inspiration Bleach took from saint seiya. So in short, if watch saint seiya you'll have a well thought out hypothesis of how the hell arc will go.
I thought I was the only one who saw the inspiration from Saint Seiya.